Plextor M6e M.2 PCIe

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Simple to install, a Windows based Firmware update would be appreciated but otherwise a solid product form Plextor. The styling is much improved and performance maintained at a level which easily exceeds SATA based drives.

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Simple to install, a Windows based Firmware update would be appreciated but otherwise a solid product form Plextor. The styling is much improved and performance maintained at a level which easily exceeds SATA based drives.

Most every SSD, whether standard SATA, mSATA, or PCIE SSD device will all transform the performance of your computer, and turn it in to a more efficient tool for handling large media, apps and data. Not only do our systems boot much faster, but all...

Let us summarise the most important positive and negative points belowPositiveSilky smooth operation as a system drive.Outstanding sequential reading and writing performance, even at very low queue depths.Very good 4K random writing...

Alright, so with testing out of the way let's go ahead and wrap up on this review. As we expected from the advertised specifications, performance is pretty similar to the original Plextor M6e. Sequential performance is without a doubt the star of the...

The first M.2 PCI Express SSD we've tested, the M6e M.2 justifies its high cost per gigabyte with blistering speed and a long warranty. The only question is whether you can actually install one. Read...

With the release of the Z97 chipset from Intel, the M.2 form factor is gaining a lot more traction. Clearly, M.2 is considerably faster than traditional SATA based SSDs. One thing to note is the M.2 specifies up to four lanes of PCIe to use with M.2 SSD...

Once again the balance of our results speak for themselves. The Plextor M6e excelled in sequential and randomised read/write despite the relative immaturity of both the platform and the interconnect, reaching a peak of 770MB/s read and 570MB/s write...

Alright, so after testing our first M.2 form factor SSD, we've definitely come away with some mixed impressions.In comparison to the SATA drives we've tested today, the Plextor M6e performs very well and easily goes head to head with our SATA based...